What are your plans?
Su Lin looked at Xiao Linlin with a puzzled expression. Xiao Linlin narrowed her eyes and did not answer, but instead asked Su Lin, "Brother, do you think cultivators are humans or immortals?"
"Those who haven't taken that final step are naturally human."
Su Lin paused, then added: "A person who wields great power and has a different understanding of the world and nature."
"Yes, they are not just people, but intelligent people."
Xiao Linlin smiled happily: "Where there are people, there will inevitably be social clusters, and power struggles will inevitably arise. This is the indelible greed in human nature!"
"I don't understand cultivation, but I do know that cultivation requires an enormous amount of resources. This core issue directly leads to cultivators being even more greedy than ordinary mortals! Extremely greedy!"
"A group of intelligent, greedy, and powerful humans... The depth of their power struggles is beyond easy comprehension, and few can cross that threshold to join them. This is the main reason for the current state of the cultivation world."
"Why do the major immortal sects prefer to support their own people, forming nepotism or at least a master-disciple relationship? It's because they are both greedy and clever, and they only trust their own people."
"This can also be seen from the success of Jia Zhengyi's undercover plan. He has the identity of the ancestor as a backer, and he is one of his own people. He joined Tian Shu at an extremely fast speed, and his future is almost a sure thing as a high-level cultivator in Tian Shu."
"While the strong support from Tianya Mountain and the Ancestor is certainly a factor, it also shows that the major immortal sects are actually lacking in their own people like Jia Zhengyi. The Tian Shu Immortal Sects dominate an entire world, and if they want to exploit the world's cultivation resources in a long-term and stable manner, the population of their core base cannot be too small."
"In addition, cultivators have extremely poor reproductive ability, which will inevitably lead to the major immortal sects trying to replenish fresh blood from outside. The speed and efficiency of relying on the high-level people to take on personal disciples is completely insufficient."
"These factors directly resulted in the fact that there are not many trustworthy people in these immortal sects, and all the major immortal sects are in a state of extreme lack of 'their own people'."
Xiao Linlin paused for a moment, then said softly, "We all know that there is a pyramid-like hierarchy of cultivation in this world, with the Tian Shu Immortal Sect at the top, using the Tian Shu organization to constrain and manage all cultivators and sects, large and small."
"Within the Tian Shu organization, there are various key locations, which are staffed by the personnel of the major immortal sects, but the total population is not large, just a drop in the ocean compared to the cultivators of the whole world."
"Managing a vast territory with a small population is an impossible contradiction. What's even more contradictory is that while cultivators all over the world have many complaints about Tian Shu, Tian Shu has been able to suppress the world for countless years without being replaced or reformed... There must be a deeper conflict of interests hidden here that we don't know about."
“These past few days I’ve been thinking about which deep-seated local world interest structures haven’t surfaced… From the perspective of the Tian Shu organization, the only way to resolve these contradictions is to continue supporting more people who are not our own.”
"For example, the internal structure of a sect is divided into sect leader, elders, deacons, disciples, inner disciples, outer disciples, and servants... They obviously also apply this system to resource management on a global scale, using the Tian Shu Immortal Sect as the core force, and radiating outwards through a small number of their own people to continuously expand their network of contacts and interest chains."
“Take Jia Zhengyi as an example. He is an insider of the Immortal Sect. If he subdues another sect outside, wouldn’t that sect become half an insider? If he takes on a few personal disciples outside, wouldn’t those personal disciples become the backbone of the Immortal Sect in the future?”
At this point in Xiao Linlin's explanation, Su Lin completely understood.
"You mean...you want us to integrate into their group? To become part of this chain of interests?"
Su Lin gasped, while Xiao Linlin nodded with a smile: "Brother is so smart! As long as we become each other's arms, no one will be stupid enough to cut off their own arm."
“Brother, the Tian Shu Immortal Sect has been ruling the world for many years. Even if we used tricks today to lure resources to us and squeeze a lot of profit out of them, how could we hide it from the old monsters in the Tian Shu Immortal Sect?”
“They are all Taoist priests who have been around for thousands of years. Their intelligence is no less than anyone else’s. If they want to investigate, our little tricks won’t be able to hide it at all.”
"Therefore, we only need to focus on the essentials: the Tian Shu Immortal Sect is already the number one sect in the world, and all they want is to maintain their position, constantly suppress potential challengers, and firmly hold onto a large number of loyal followers."
"And we are their followers. No immortal sect would refuse a rogue sect with a clean background that can be firmly controlled by their own ancestor's lineage."
“Supporting a clean, independent sect starting from scratch is much better than supporting those large and small sects that already have a foundation and resources.”
"As long as the meat is still rotting in the pot, they have no other desires."
Xiao Linlin was very confident and had found a way to break the deadlock. Su Lin pondered and asked, "Are you so sure that Tianya Mountain will follow your plan? What if they look down on us?"
Compared to the Tian Shu Immortal Sect, Xiao Yun Temple is so insignificant that it's like dust. Why would they take the initiative to support us?
“Brother, they will definitely do it. Don’t forget that there is more than one Tian Shu Immortal Sect, and Tianya Mountain is not the leader among the immortal sects.”
Xiao Linlin squinted and chuckled, "As long as there are competitors and external pressures, even the most powerful forces will eventually bow down to the weak... Brother, have you read about the history of the Cold War? In fact, many principles are universal in many worlds."
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